Voter registration website (Utah State Elections, Office Of The Lieutenant Governor)
| Multi Request | Voter registration website |
| Submitted | Oct. 13, 2020 |
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From: Jason Koebler
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Government Records Access and Management Act, I hereby request the following records:
A series of voter registration website outages have made national news in recent weeks:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/935em3/severed-internet-cable-breaks-virginia-voter-registration-portal-on-deadline-day
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920774701/florida-governor-extends-deadline-after-voter-registration-site-crashes
Therefore, I request the following information:
- Contracts, plans, RFPs, and underlying information about the design of online voter registration systems
- Presentations and emails regarding these systems
- Any disaster recovery / backup plans / failsafes for voter registration databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations regarding this
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs, presentations for voter registration websites and databases
- Any cybersecurity audits/penetration test reports / RFPs and contracts regarding online voter registration systems
Please search from Jan 1, 2018 until the day this request is processed.
These documents will be used for reporting on Motherboard, VICE Media's science and tech website (www.motherboard.vice.com)
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jason Koebler
From: Utah State Elections, Office Of The Lieutenant Governor
Hello Jason,
Thank you for reaching out to our office. Please fill out the attached
GRAMA Request form and we can move forward from there. The request you
submitted is not a valid request in accordance with 63G-2-204(1)
<https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter2/63G-2-S204.html?v=C63G-2-S204_2019051420190514>
as
it is missing a daytime telephone number.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Best,
Lauren
--
*Lauren Shafer*
Office Manager
*Office of the Lieutenant Governor*
State of Utah
801-538-1501
lshafer@utah.gov <lshafer@utah.gov>
From: Muckrock Staff
To Whom It May Concern:
Pursuant to the Government Records Access and Management Act, I hereby request the following records:
A series of voter registration website outages have made national news in recent weeks:
https://www.vice.com/en/article/935em3/severed-internet-cable-breaks-virginia-voter-registration-portal-on-deadline-day
https://www.npr.org/2020/10/06/920774701/florida-governor-extends-deadline-after-voter-registration-site-crashes
Therefore, I request the following information:
- Contracts, plans, RFPs, and underlying information about the design of online voter registration systems
- Presentations and emails regarding these systems
- Any disaster recovery / backup plans / failsafes for voter registration databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations regarding this
- Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs, presentations for voter registration websites and databases
- Any cybersecurity audits/penetration test reports / RFPs and contracts regarding online voter registration systems
Please search from Jan 1, 2018 until the day this request is processed.
These documents will be used for reporting on Motherboard, VICE Media's science and tech website (www.motherboard.vice.com)
The requested documents will be made available to the general public, and this request is not being made for commercial purposes.
In the event that there are fees, I would be grateful if you would inform me of the total charges in advance of fulfilling my request. I would prefer the request filled electronically, by e-mail attachment if available or CD-ROM if not.
Thank you in advance for your anticipated cooperation in this matter. I look forward to receiving your response to this request within 10 business days, as the statute requires.
Sincerely,
Jason Koebler
From: Utah State Elections, Office Of The Lieutenant Governor
Hello Jason,
Thank you for submitting your GRAMA request. As I understand it you are
requesting:
"-Contracts, plans, RFPs, and underlying information about the design of
online voter registration systems
-Presentations and emails regarding these systems
-Any disaster recovery/backup plans/failsafes for voter registration
databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations
regarding this
-Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs,
presentations for voter registration websites and databases
-Any cybersecurity audits/penetration test reports/RFPs and contracts
regarding online voter registration systems
From January 1, 2018 to present."
In accordance with UCA 63G-2-204(4)
<https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter2/63G-2-S204.html> our office
has 10 days to respond to your request.
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can be of any further
assistance.
Best,
Lauren
--
*Lauren Shafer*
Office Manager
*Office of the Lieutenant Governor*
State of Utah
801-538-1501
lshafer@utah.gov <lshafer@utah.gov>
From: Utah State Elections, Office Of The Lieutenant Governor
Hello Mr. Koebler,
Thank you for submitting your GRAMA request. As I understand it you are
requesting:
"-Contracts, plans, RFPs, and underlying information about the design of
online voter registration systems
-Presentations and emails regarding these systems
-Any disaster recovery/backup plans/failsafes for voter registration
databases and registration websites or emails/plans/RFPs/presentations
regarding this
-Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity contracts, plans, RFPs,
presentations for voter registration websites and databases
-Any cybersecurity audits/penetration test reports/RFPs and contracts
regarding online voter registration systems
From January 1, 2018 to present."
This request is denied as the responsive records all fall under UCA
63G-2-106
<https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter2/63G-2-S106.html?v=C63G-2-S106_1800010118000101>,
or are located with another state agency (contracts).
In regards to contracts, these are publically available on the State
Purchasing site, so you will want to reach out to them for more
information. You can find their contact information here
<https://purchasing.utah.gov/contact-us/>. I did find the contract the
information you requested falls under which can be found here
<https://statecontracts.utah.gov/Contract/Details/PD1068-IT-Technology%7C46664f63-262d-432e-996a-cb6570464c9e>
.
Utah Code 63G-2-401
<https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title63G/Chapter2/63G-2-S401.html?v=C63G-2-S401_2017050920170509>
provides
that any individual aggrieved by a governmental entity’s access
determination may appeal. You may do so within 30 days by submitting a
notice of appeal to Justin Lee, Chief Administrative Officer, at
justinlee@utah.gov. You may also mail it to the following address:
Utah State Capitol Complex
350 N. State Street, Suite 220
PO Box 142325
Salt Lake City, UT 84114
Please let me know if you have any questions, or if I can be of any further
assistance.
Best,
Lauren
--
*Lauren Shafer*
Office Manager
*Office of the Lieutenant Governor*
State of Utah
801-538-1501
lshafer@utah.gov <lshafer@utah.gov>
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